Slaterju Santa Catarina Pro

Slaterju Santa Catarina Pro
July 4, 2009 Klemen Surk

Potem, ko je v prvih treh tekmah letošnje sezone Slater dosegel..hm…tak rezultat, da se ga niti na splača zapomniti, je v tekmi z najbolj bednim webcastom do sedaj – Hang Loose Santa Caterina Pro spet začel postavljati stvari na svoje mesto. V finalu je premagal domačega favorita Adriana De Souzo in zlezel na deveto mesto v skupni uvrstitvi. Tako ima morebitni Sl10er za nadoknaditi še 8 mest :).

Posnetek finala: 

 

Kaj je po zmagi povedal:

“I definitely feel like I sharpen as the event moves into the later rounds, I started out pretty slow in Brazil, and I wasn’t even planning on coming initially. I rode borrowed boards, ones that I shaped, epoxies, everything and I definitely think I found my formula today. I actually called my girlfriend before the Final and said, ‘every time I show up to an event after trying to pull out, I win.’ I guess that held true today. I have less pressure on myself and am free to perform to the best of my abilities.” 

pa še:

“I feel like I have all those guys (ASP World Title contenders) right where I want them, I don’t feel like I have any pressure on me, and I tend to do my best when I have no pressure. We’re coming up on Jeffreys Bay, which is probably my best event historically and hopefully I can build off my result here today.” 

Navdušen je bil seveda tudi Adriano, ki se do sedaj na domači tekmi ni ravno izkazal, sedaj pa je z drugim mestom tudi v skupni razvrstitvi drugi:

“I felt like I peaked in the Final, I don’t think I could have surfed any better. I thought I had him (Slater), but he’s the nine-time world champ, and you have to be perfect to beat him. I’m still very happy with my Runner-Up finish. It is my second of the year and puts me in a really good position heading into the next event.”

Rezultati:

HANG LOOSE SANTA CATARINA PRO FINAL RESULTS:
1 – 
Kelly Slater (USA) 17.94
2 – Adriano de Souza (BRA) 14.67

HANG LOOSE SANTA CATARINA PRO SEMIFINAL RESULTS:
SF 1:
 Adriano de Souza (BRA) 14.97 def. Joel Parkinson (AUS) 13.86
SF 2: Kelly Slater (USA) 12.16 def. C.J. Hobgood (USA) 6.93

HANG LOOSE SANTA CATARINA PRO QUARTERFINAL RESULTS:
QF 1:
 Adriano de Souza (BRA) 12.67 def. Bede Durbidge (AUS) 11.33
QF 2: Joel Parkinson (AUS) 16.73 def. Dustin Barca (HAW) 13.04
QF 3: Kelly Slater (USA) 13.60 def. Taj Burrow (AUS) 13.17
QF 4: C.J. Hobgood (USA) 12.87 def. Mick Fanning (AUS) 9.17

HANG LOOSE SANTA CATARINA PRO ROUND 4 RESULTS:
Heat 1:
 Bede Durbidge (AUS) 16.90 def. Damien Hobgood (USA) 13.50
Heat 2: Adriano de Souza (BRA) 13.60 def. Jeremy Flores (FRA) 10.00
Heat 3: Dustin Barca (HAW) 11.17 def. Bobby Martinez (USA) 8.80 
Heat 4: Joel Parkinson (AUS) 14.66 def. Kekoa Bacalso (HAW) 13.33
Heat 5: Taj Burrow (AUS) 13.20 def. Tim Reyes (USA) 12.33
Heat 6: Kelly Slater (USA) 17.10 def. Tom Whitaker (AUS) 11.67
Heat 7: C.J. Hobgood (USA) 13.84 def. Mick Campbell (AUS) 13.16
Heat 8: Mick Fanning (AUS) 12.20 def. Chris Ward (USA) 8.14

CURRENT ASP WORLD TOUR TOP 10:
1 – 
Joel Parkinson (AUS) 3876 pts
2 – Adriano de Souza (BRA) 3206 pts
3 – C.J. Hobgood (USA) 3072 pts
4 – Taj Burrow (AUS) 3050 pts
5 – Mick Fanning (AUS) 2940 pts
6 – Bobby Martinez (USA) 2625 pts
7 – Tom Whitaker (AUS) 2532 pts
8 – Jordy Smith (ZAF) 2486 pts
9 – Kelly Slater (USA) 2430 pts

10 – Damien Hobgood (USA) 2342 pts 

Comment (1)

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    Mitja Legat 2026 years ago

    finale je bil še kr zanimiv… fotr se je čist izkazov na koncu… res mu je pustu mal upanja da če odpele 9.94 (na tistmu 1m vala :P) bi ga loh prehitu 🙂 🙂

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